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Michael Schumacher‘s daughter Gina-Maria is celebrating her dad’s milestone birthday.
Just hours after Schumacher’s family released arare statementabout his current condition and announced their plans to launch a new app for a virtual museum, his daughter posted a short and sweet tribute to her dad for his 50th birthday.
“Happy Birthday to the best dad,” Gina, 21,wrote on Instagramalongside three photos of the seven-time F1 champion.
Schumacher’s big birthday comes five years after he experienced a life-threatening incident.
On Dec. 29, 2013, Schumacher suffered serious head injuries in a skiing accident, which split his helmet as he crashed into rocks on the slope at Meribel ski resort in the French Alps.
Once admitted to the hospital, Schumacher’s doctors in Grenoble put him into a medically induced coma in a bid to reduce brain swelling. He awakened from the coma in June 2014 and was released.
Since then, the German racing driver’s family has chosen to keep his condition private as he receives specialist treatment at his home in Switzerland.
That is until Wednesday when Schumacher’s family issued a statement on his official Facebook page.
“We are very happy to celebrate Michael’s 50th birthday tomorrow together with you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts that we can do this together,” the family of the racing driverwrote.
Michael Schumacher.Clive Mason/Getty
Addressing Schumacher’s current condition, his family reassured his fans that “he is in the very best hands and that we are doing everything humanly possible to help him.”
“Please understand if we are following Michael’s wishes and keeping such a sensitive subject as health, as it has always been, in privacy. At the same time, we say thank you very much for your friendship and wish you a healthy and happy year 2019.”
Michael Schumacher.Mark Thompson/Getty
His family also revealed plans to launch The Official Michael Schumacher App, which will allow fans to celebrate his success through a virtual museum.
“As a gift to him, you and us, Keep Fighting Foundation has created a virtual museum. The Official Michael Schumacher App will be released tomorrow, so that we can review all together Michael’s successes.”
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“We want to remember his victories, his records and his jubilation,” the family finished.
source: people.com
